Encryption options on Define Files and Encode/Decpde

Bill Randall wrandall at fptech.com
Thu Sep 6 08:58:54 PDT 2018


That is all correct, yes.


On 9/6/2018 11:49 AM, Nancy Palmquist via Filepro-list wrote:
> Bill,
>
> So if I encrypt the entire file, I can see the data on the screen, I can do look ups, I can generate reports with the data. But if I try to look at the contents of the key file directly it will be unreadable.  But if an index is built on protected data the index information is not encrypted.
>
> Do I have that right?
>
> Nancy
>
> On 9/6/2018 6:09 AM, fP sales wrote:
>>
>> I suspect you mistakenly changed the first Option (password) instead of the second Option (encryption)
>> A lookup to an encrypted file does NOT ask for a password.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On 9/5/2018 5:31 PM, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
>>> Encryption works well on a file.  The issue with the encryption is that if you have lookups to a file that is encrypted, the program asks for the password - encryption key each time filePro tries to access that file.
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